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22 Manchester concert bombing fatalities remembered on first anniversary
A minute of silence fell over the English city of Manchester on Tuesday as Britain mourned the 22 killed in a bomb attack there a year ago outside a teen pop concert, with flower tributes, songs and a memorial service to honour the dead. Prime ...
May asks for 'trust' with Cabinet at crunch time for Brexit issue
Prime Minister Theresa May faces a crunch week for her leadership and Brexit plan, with ministers and backbenchers in her Conservative Party feuding over Britain's future ties to the European Union. May issued a plea for unity in an opinion piece in the Sunday Times ...
Erdogan visits 'valuable' ally Britain for talks as critics call for May to raise rights issues
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Britain was a "valuable and reliable" strategic ally after he arrived in the U.K. on Sunday ahead of talks with Prime Minister Theresa May. Erdogan said he wanted to boost trade and security ties between London and Ankara, with ...
The upper chamber of Parliament inflicted another embarrassing defeat this week on the government of U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, challenging her plan to leave the European Union's single market and her government's fixed timing for Brexit. May, who has struggled to unite the government ...
U.K. Lords push for Trump to address Parliament in July visit
British peers are pushing for U.S. President Donald Trump to address Parliament during a July visit, despite apparent opposition from the speaker of the House of Commons, according to reports on Thursday. Conservative peer Patrick Cormack, one of Britain's longest-serving lawmakers, said that as the ...
Theresa May's Conservatives avoid London wipeout in local elections
Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party avoided a wipeout in London local elections and eked out gains in Brexit-supporting regions elsewhere, early results on Friday showed, although her Labour opponents did gain ground in the capital. The elections are viewed as a gauge of public ...
In depth: Customs deal with European Union the latest Brexit headache for British PM Theresa May
Prime Minister Theresa May's plan for Britain to leave the EU customs union when it quits the bloc — and not join a similar arrangement — has become a flash point in the Brexit process, setting up a possible parliamentary defeat that could force ...
U.K.'s Theresa May in crisis as Cabinet Brexiters outgun her on customs plan
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is facing crisis again after pro-Brexit ministers paired up with Conservative hardliners to demand a clean break from the European Union's customs system, rejecting her plea for a compromise solution. May was outnumbered at a meeting of her inner Cabinet ...
May names new interior minister to try to end immigration fiasco as she negotiates Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a former banker of South Asian origin as interior minister on Monday, trying to draw a line under an immigration scandal threatening her authority as she negotiates Brexit. Sajid Javid, the son of immigrants from Pakistan, replaces Amber Rudd, ...
U.K. interior minister quits over growing immigration scandal
Britain's interior minister resigned Sunday amid a scandal over authorities' mistreatment of long-term U.K. residents wrongly caught up in a government drive to reduce illegal immigration. Prime Minister Theresa May's office said late Sunday that May had accepted the resignation of Home Secretary Amber Rudd. The ...
Interior minister Amber Rudd apologized on Monday to thousands of British residents who arrived from the Caribbean decades ago and are now being denied basic rights after being incorrectly identified as illegal immigrants. Prime Minister Theresa May is under growing pressure to resolve the issue ...
